Abstract
Laurent Versini : The novel in 1778. The novel was flourishing, in quantity at least, but having become polymorphous, it was in danger of losing its character : it replaced the theatre, took over morality, went back to its poetical origins in the trou badour genre and the pastoral. Voltaire's philosophical story declined to become MarmontaTs and Baculard's moral story, and Rousseau's ethics, moralising sermons The novel of analysis and passionate self-questionning was replaced by concern for society and everyday life. The only dominating character is Rétifs strange genius ; but the novel has become a serious object of critical study, and it is adult enough to be questioned from within the text itself, as in Jacques le Fataliste.
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